No matter how acrimonious or amicable a VIP marital split might be, dividing up real estate holdings that went from love nests to heartbreak homes is never a walk in the park. With this in mind, we take a look at 10 ultra high-profile divorces, including Kim Kardashian and Kanye's recent asset split, Adele and Simon Konecki's neighboring houses and Brangelina's ongoing negotiations, and reveal who got or is likely to get what. Click or scroll for more...

With a long-awaiting album release about her divorce, Adele is back with a bang promoting 30, and while the famously private star has largely remained tight-lipped about the details of the split, reportedly Simon was set to get half of her almost $180 million fortune. However, she has recently revealed that some of the speculation is false, namely the date she filed for divorce. It was previously believed to be 2016, but she actually married Konecki in 2018 and filed in 2019. “The timeline the press have of my relationship, my marriage, is actually completely wrong. We got married when I was 30… and then I left,” she told British Vogue.

During their relationship, the star shared this eight-bed East Grinstead manor in West Sussex with Konecki. The purchase of the vast country manor coincided with another significant life event – her marriage. Wed in secret, the almost 50-acre estate offered the newlyweds a private spot to start their married lives. However, after Adele filed for divorce from Simon in September 2019, she sold the home at the end of the year for $4 million, at a loss of $1.3 million. 

The couple reached a divorce settlement in January 2021, and with a portfolio of luxury properties in the UK and the States, they opted to use mediation to work out the details of how their estate and debts would be split up. But the Daily Mail reported that "financial, sales or other confidential business information" regarding the proceedings will not be publicly available while they continue co-parent their son, Angelo. 

Ever keen to remain amicable, Adele is said to be living opposite her ex-husband in the star's first Los Angeles home while he stays in another property, just feet away. The star's representative said in April 2019: "Adele and her partner have separated. They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always they ask for privacy". Snapped up in 2016 for a cool $9.5 million, she made the purchase after signing a record-breaking $120 million contract with Sony Music. 

Early in 2019, Adele picked up her second Beverly Hills in the affluent neighborhood of Hidden Valley. With a price tag of $10.7 million, the sleek contemporary home is located across the street from her existing estate. Designed and built in the early 1960s, the home's open-plan interior is neutral and stylish, with a sunken sitting area framing views of the backyard. The purchase came around the same time that rumors of divorce began circulating in May 2019.

With a stunning landscaped yard, large pool and Jacuzzi, we're supremely envious of this lavish property. This is thought to be the home that Adele's ex-husband Simon Konecki stays in, making it easy for the pair to co-parent their young son. 

Most recently, in May 2021, Adele snapped up her third Beverly Hills mansion, on the very same street, for just shy of $10 million from long-time friend, Nicole Richie. In the November 2021 issue of British Vogue, Adele told interviewers: “The kind of house I have in LA I could never afford in London. Ever,” adding that she wanted “fresh air and somewhere where I could see the sky.” Her three Beverly Hills homes span a combined 18,000 square feet and cost her $30 million. To compare, an 18,000-square-foot penthouse in London recently had a $247 million price tag, according to the New York Post.

Kim Kardashian called it quits in March 2021 on her six-year marriage to Kanye West after realizing she was deeply unhappy with everything from his increasingly erratic behavior to the hip hop mogul's decision to live largely apart from her in Wyoming, opening up about her reasoning behind the divorce in the penultimate episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

Kim, who shares four children with fellow billionaire Kanye as well as a veritable property empire, is now the sole owner of the 15,000-square-foot Hidden Hills mansion the couple bought for $19.8 million in 2014, according to US Weekly. Kim reportedly bought Kanye's share of the sprawling estate for a grand total of $23 million. The star is said to have coughed up $20 million for the property, while the remaining $3 million bought her the contents of the home, including furniture and artwork. 

Previously, Kanye reportedly held the deeds to the house itself, while Kim owned the land surrounding it. When it came to design, Kanye called on revered interior designer Axel Vervoordt to overhaul the property, opting for an austere, all-white aesthetic based on Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy, which focuses on “wisdom in natural simplicity,” though Kanye has described it as a “futuristic Belgian monastery.” The pristine, pared-down vibe extends throughout the entire house bar the children's bedrooms and playroom.

Highlights of the property, which is said to be worth in the region of $60 million, include the cavernous hallways, living rooms complete with marshmallow-like sofas, the master bathroom and its $30,000 basinless sinks, two fabulous pools and a vineyard. Kim is likely to also get a neighboring property the couple own, and possibly the two acres of land in the Coachella Valley that they purchased last year for $6.3 million. 

Kanye on the other hand will presumably keep his Calabasas ranch home, which the rapper bought in 2018 for $2.2 million, and where he's been allegedly hiding out post-split. Since parting ways the hip hop billionaire has listed one of the two ranches in Wyoming that he bought in 2019 for an estimated $28.5 million. His sprawling Monster Lake Ranch is currently on the market for $11 million. 

As well as officially changing his name to Ye, the star has also been on somewhat of a real estate spree this year, snapping up a concrete bunker-style Malibu escape for $57.3 million in an off-market deal. West is said to have purchased the home through his company, Shore Drive Holdings, which is registered to the same address as his clothing line. Part house, part sculpture, it was designed by Tadao Ando. It is said to be the second-highest price paid for a Malibu home this year. Not content with one new house, the star has also reportedly bought a bachelor pad in Belgium as well as, in a further twist, the house across the street from Kim, which reportedly he plans to tear down.

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos bowed out of their 26-year marriage in 2019 following the Amazon founder's well-publicized affair with former newscaster Lauren Sanchez, leading to the most expensive divorce ever. MacKenzie walked away with a 4% stake in the e-commerce and cloud-computing behemoth, giving her a net worth of $35.6 billion, which has since risen to around $60 billion, making the novelist and mega-philanthropist one of the world's richest women. However, she has reportedly signed onto the Giving Pledge, committing to give away at least half of her fortune to charity.

Details of the divorce have been kept under wraps as it was settled out of court, so we can only speculate about who got what in terms of property. MacKenzie appears to have received the couple's Beverly Hills compound, which includes a Spanish-style mansion that was acquired in 2007 for $24.5 million, while in February of last year, Jeff splashed a staggering $165 million on the nearby Warner Estate.

MacKenzie may have also got the couple's various apartments in New York's Century Condominium at 25 Central Park West, three of which were bought from top music industry exec and Mariah Carey's ex Tommy Mottola in 1999. MacKenzie has strong links to the neighborhood, recently donating vast sums of money to several Upper West Side organizations. Jeff has since splurged an estimated $58 million on a penthouse atop 212 Fifth Avenue, his fourth unit in the building.

The world's wealthiest person retained the lavish 11-bedroom, 25-bathroom mansion in Washington DC's upscale Kalorama district, which he bagged in 2016 for $23 million and spent a reported $12 million renovating. In January 2020, the Amazon head honcho hosted a glittering party at the refurbished former Textile Museum, which was attended by the likes of Ivanka Trump and Bill Gates.

In all likelihood, Jeff kept the enormous Bezos compound in Medina, which spans some 10 acres and includes several homes. Additionally, the centibillionaire has maintained ownership of his 300,000-acre ranch in Big Horn Texas. It features a substantial mansion and 12-bedroom bunkhouse, and contains the base for Blue Origin, his private space company. The billionaire also snapped up the private Carter Estate on the island of Maui, for reportedly $78 million last year.

Another union that went sour following a high-profile affair, Donald and Ivana Trump's marriage, which lasted 15 years, hit the rocks after the real estate magnate had a very public relationship with model Marla Maples, culminating in the power couple's acrimonious divorce in 1991, which like the affair, was covered extensively by the media.

According to the New York Times, Ivana was awarded a payout of $14 million, which works out at around $27 million in today's money, not to mention the duo's first trophy home, an eight-bedroom, 13-bathroom Georgian Revival mansion in affluent Greenwich, Connecticut that they bought in 1982 for $4 million.

Nestled on a 5.8-acre peninsula that juts out into Long Island Sound, the mansion was decorated in Donald's favorite Louis XIV style: think copious gold leaf, enormous crystal chandeliers, extravagant frescoes and statues galore. Ivana went on to sell the property in 1998 to financier Robert Stein and his wife Suzanne for $15 million. She was also given an apartment in the Trump Plaza building on New York's Upper East Side.

Donald was able to keep hold of his most prized possession, the magnificent 118-room Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and while Ivana was entitled to stay at the fabulous retreat for one month a year as part of the terms of the settlement, the moneyed divorcée ended up acquiring a Palm Beach bolthole of her own, the dreamy Concha Marina, which she bought in 1994.

As well as Mar-a-Lago, the future leader of the free world retained ownership of the couple's blingtastic Trump Tower penthouse. The opulent 10,996-square-foot triplex was decorated in an even flashier style than the Connecticut mansion, dripping in 24-karat gold and packed with ornate furnishings. Donald is pictured here in the apartment in 2018 with former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.

After six years of marriage, Katie Holmes filed for divorce from husband Tom Cruise in 2012, demanding full custody of their daughter Suri. Katie has remained tight-lipped about the reasons behind the breakup but The Sun reported that she had tired of his controlling and 'boring' ways, along with the actor's unwavering devotion to Scientology.

Katie reportedly received a $5 million payout as well as $4.8 million child support – she would have been entitled to half of Tom's alleged $250 million fortune had the marriage lasted more than 11 years. Tom got to keep hold of his impressive real estate portfolio, including the Beverly Hills estate he'd purchased in 2007 for $30.5 million. He sold it on in 2016 for $38 million according to Zillow.

The Mission: Impossible star also retained his European-style manse and guesthouse in the Hollywood Hills. Bought in 2007 for $11.7 million, the property was rumored to be a Scientology retreat. It was snapped up in 2015 for $11.4 million, $1.6 million under the original asking price, by Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria.

Tom kept the couple's New York brownstone to boot. He'd bought the handsome six-bedroom, seven-bathroom townhouse in Greenwich Village together with Katie in 2009 for $15.1 million and went on to sell it in 2014 for the princely sum of $28 million. Katie rented a $12,500 a month apartment in the city's Chelsea district after they split and bought a property in LA's Calabasas in 2014.

Tom got to hold on to the 320-acre ranch in Telluride, Colorado too, where he'd built a 10,000-square-foot native stone-and-cedar home back in 1994. The Hollywood star offloaded it last year for $39.5 million. Finally, he also retained ownership of his mansion in West Sussex, England, not far from the UK Scientology HQ in East Grinstead, which he acquired in 2006 for $4.2 million.

Bill and Melinda Gates stunned the world in May 2021 when they announced plans to divorce following 27 years of marriage. The deep-pocketed duo, who are among the planet's leading philanthropists, tweeted they “no longer believe we can grow together as a couple”. The pair have reportedly already agreed how to divide their property and other assets, but the details are yet to be disclosed. 

Real estate-wise, an extensive portfolio is up for grabs. Topping the holdings is Xanadu 2.0, the couple's humongous waterfront home in Medina, Washington. Said to be worth at least $130 million, the property, which was named in honor of the titular character's manse in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, has seven bedrooms and 18-and-three-quarter bathrooms, and is packed with hi-tech wizardry and state of the art eco features.

The couple also own a sensational beach house in Del Mar, southern California. Only last year the Gateses dropped a hefty $43 million on the six-bedroom, three-and-half-bathroom property. A real wow-factor pad, it boasts all manner of high-end features and amenities, including a glass-tiled pool, 10-person spa and super-luxe indoor-outdoor living spaces.

An equestrian farm formerly owned by weight-loss guru Jenny Craig is part of the portfolio too. The couple acquired Rancho Paseana near San Diego back in 2014 for $18 million. The facility's many amenities range from two guesthouses to four 30-stall barns, a three-quarter-mile racetrack and extensive staff quarters.

Chances are Bill will get to keep the duo's six-bedroom, nine-bathroom property within the prestigious Vintage Club golf retreat in Indian Wells, California, which was bought in 1990 for $12.5 million – the centibillionaire is said to be staying there while the divorce is being finalized. Other properties on the table include ranches in Big Sky, Montana and Cody, Wyoming.

Mel Gibson's divorce from Robyn Moore, who he was married to for 31 years, remains the costliest Hollywood split of all time. Robyn secured half the actor and director's $850 million fortune, together with 50% of his pension rights in a deal that was done and dusted in December 2011. The pair separated in 2006 following Mel's arrest for driving under the influence.

With a $425 million bill to settle, the American-born, Australian-raised star was forced to offload much of his substantial real estate portfolio. The first property to go was the main family home, a grand country estate in Greenwich, Connecticut. Dubbed 'Wayne Manor', the eight-bedroom, 21-bathroom Tudor-style mansion sold pre-divorce in 2010 for $23.9 million, well below its initial $39.5 million asking price.

Next to go was the couple's 'old world hacienda' in sunny Malibu. The six-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom Spanish-style villa and its three guesthouses, entertainment pavilion, stunning pool, spa and tennis court, which the duo had bought in 1989 for around $3 million was offloaded in 2012 for $9.3 million, again significantly under the asking price that stood at $14.5 million. The buyer was Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss.

Other properties in the portfolio have been even tougher to shift. The 400-acre Costa Rica jungle compound Mel bagged in 2007 for $25.8 million, which features three swish houses, was first listed in 2010 for $35 million. It was put on the market again in 2014 with an asking price of $30 million but despite a further price drop it has failed to sell.

Mel also went on to part with his Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house in Sherman Oaks, California, which sold for $2.1 million in 2017, along with a cottage in the Agoura Hills, while his other Malibu estate went on the market in 2018. Among the properties the Braveheart star got to keep is the entire 5,400-acre Fijian island of Mago (pictured), which was acquired in 2005 for $15 million.

As celebrity marital splits go, Brangelina's has been particularly messy. After just two years of marriage, Angelina filed for divorce from Brad in 2016, citing irreconcilable differences, and later told Vogue magazine she did so “for the wellbeing of my family”. Following five years of bitter recriminations and various battles over assets and custody, the divorce still hasn't been finalized.

When it comes to the couple's joint real estate assets, the most coveted is Château Miraval, the 1,200-acre estate in the south of France they acquired in 2008 for $60 million and where they tied the knot in 2014. It includes a 35-room main house dating from the 17th century, a Romanesque chapel, a vineyard, pine forests and even a helipad. However, the stunning home has caused some controversy between the former couple. The couple purchased a controlling interest in the château back in 2008 and agreed not to sell their stakes in the venue without the permission of one another, according to the BBC. 

However, Jolie went on to sell her share to a spirits manufacturer, owned by a Russian oligarch, without the knowledge of Pitt which led to him suing the actress, reportedly filing documents on 17 February 2022, which detailed the profitability of the vineyard, as "one of the world's most highly regarded producers of rose wine". According to the lawsuit obtained by the Press Association news agency lawyers for Pitt declared that the château had grown into a "multimillion-dollar international success story" under his watch. 

In fact, this year Pitt is set to open Miraval Studios, a project that involved him redesigning and renovating the historic music studio that came with the château. According to the BBC, Jolie "informed Pitt in writing" of her decision to sell to Shefler in January 2021, stating she had reached a "painful decision, with a heavy heart". However, lawyers representing Brad have requested a trial by jury. 

Also once at stake was the family's enormous compound in the Hollywood Hills. Consisting of five different houses, the 80,000-square-foot estate impresses with everything from a skate park and secret cave, to three swimming pools. That said, it appears that Brad has retained the property since Angelina recently bought a home nearby.

The property in question is the storied Cecil B DeMille estate. Relations have thawed somewhat between the estranged couple over the past couple of years, with Angelina agreeing to grant Brad partial custody of their kids. For this reason, Jolie bought the elegant six-bedroom, 10-bathroom Beaux-Arts mansion in 2017 for $24.5 million, so the children could be closer to their father.

The early 19th-century rowhouse the couple acquired in New Orleans back in 2007 was however sold in 2016 for $4.9 million as part of the division of assets. Brad looks to have retained the Santa Barbara beach house and Modernist mansion in the Hollywood Hills, while Angelina appears to have kept her idyllic property in Cambodia.

Phil Collins and his Swiss interpreter wife Orianne Cevey dissolved their union back in 2006 after seven years of marriage. She got a $48.7 million payout, which at the time was the biggest divorce settlement in British history, but the real property battle didn't begin until last year. 

The couple had reconciled in 2016 and didn't waste any time moving in together, setting up home in the recording artist's spectacular six-bedroom, eight-full-bathroom Mediterranean Revival manse in Miami Beach that he'd purchased the previous year for $33 million. The relationship soon deteriorated however, with Orianne alleging her ex-husband had become addicted to alcohol and pills, and TMZ reported that he had let his hygiene slip.

The drama came to a head last year when Phil discovered Orianne, who was still living in the trophy mansion, had secretly married a younger man called Thomas Bates. Despite the Genesis rocker's demands, the newlyweds refused to vacate the property, with Orianne arguing she had a verbal agreement with Phil that gave her a 50% stake in the house.

Phil denied this and lawyered up. He accused the pair of engaging in “an armed occupation and takeover,” alleging that they hired armed guards, concealed security cameras and changed the alarm codes in a bid to stay in the property. According to Vanity Fair, Orianne and her new partner agreed to leave, eventually moving out in January, but not before launching an ultimately unsuccessful counterclaim.

The 10,769-square-foot estate has all the trappings of a superstar home including a gorgeous pool, koi pond, palm tree grove and private dock, along with a chef's kitchen, wine cellar, elevator and master bedroom with walk-in closets. Needless to say, it sold not long after the musician and actor put it on the market, netting him a whopping $39.3 million.

After making a child as well as a film together, Madonna and Guy Ritchie called it a day on their eight-year marriage in 2008, finalizing the divorce that very same year. As the richer by far of the two, Madonna handed over a total of up to $92 million to her movie director husband, their publicist Liz Rosenberg told Reuters.

As part of the settlement, Guy kept Ashcombe House, the six-bedroom Georgian manor set in 1,134 acres in the heart of Wiltshire that the couple bought in 2012 for $12.5 million. Previously rented by society photographer Cecil Beaton, the historic property is considered one of the finest sporting estates in England. Guy lives there to this day together with his current wife Jacqui and their children. He also got to hold on to the Punchbowl pub in London's Mayfair.

Madge retained ownership of the duo's 10-bedroom Georgian townhouse in the Marylebone district of London, which includes a vaulted artist's studio. The 'Material Girl' also kept the $8.3 million mews property next door used to accommodate staff. Their other London properties including a Kabbalah center and Regent's Park townhouse were held on to by Madonna too.

Across the pond, the penthouse apartment in New York acquired by Madonna when she was married to Sean Penn stayed in her portfolio as well. Located in the snooty Harperley Hall co-op at 41 Central Park West, the property was estimated to be worth $2.8 million in 2007. That same year, Curbed reported that the legendary pop singer sued the board for blocking her purchase of an adjacent apartment.

Moving over to the West Coast, Madonna held on to her Beverly Hills home too. The best-selling female music artist of all time bought the three-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion on the city's Sunset Boulevard in 2003 for $12 million. After adding several bedrooms, a gym and other amenities, she sold it in 2013 for $19.5 million.

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